Associate Professor Graham is a Clinician-Scientist and Team Leader at the Centre for International Child Health, Associate Professor of International Child Health at the University of Melbourne, and Paediatrician at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH).
Associate Professor Graham leads the Global Oxygen Access team and has research interests in respiratory support for children and neonates, improving the quality of care for children, and refugee health, and developing models of care for children with chronic health conditions. He currently leads research programs related to oxygen therapy and child pneumonia in Africa and Asia-Pacific regions, and a program on child disability in Afghanistan. His work has been supported by funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and others.
Associate Professor Graham completed his medical training at Monash University and studied International Development through RMIT University – receiving the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellent and subsequently returning to lecture on refugee health. He completed his public health training at Johns Hopkins University as a Fulbright scholar, before returning to Australia to complete his specialist training in paediatrics through the RCH. Hamish completed his doctoral research at the University of Melbourne on a field trial of improved hospital oxygen systems in Nigeria, for which he was awarded the CSL Florey Next Generation Award for top PhD in health and biomedical sciences.
Associate Professor Graham has previously lived and worked in an array of diverse settings, including as a field doctor for Médecins sans Frontiers and a consultant and advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and others.
Associate Professor Graham is a Clinician-Scientist and Team Leader at the Centre for International Child Health, Associate Professor of International Child Health at the University of Melbourne, and Paediatrician at The Royal Children’s Hospital...
Associate Professor Graham is a Clinician-Scientist and Team Leader at the Centre for International Child Health, Associate Professor of International Child Health at the University of Melbourne, and Paediatrician at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH).
Associate Professor Graham leads the Global Oxygen Access team and has research interests in respiratory support for children and neonates, improving the quality of care for children, and refugee health, and developing models of care for children with chronic health conditions. He currently leads research programs related to oxygen therapy and child pneumonia in Africa and Asia-Pacific regions, and a program on child disability in Afghanistan. His work has been supported by funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and others.
Associate Professor Graham completed his medical training at Monash University and studied International Development through RMIT University – receiving the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellent and subsequently returning to lecture on refugee health. He completed his public health training at Johns Hopkins University as a Fulbright scholar, before returning to Australia to complete his specialist training in paediatrics through the RCH. Hamish completed his doctoral research at the University of Melbourne on a field trial of improved hospital oxygen systems in Nigeria, for which he was awarded the CSL Florey Next Generation Award for top PhD in health and biomedical sciences.
Associate Professor Graham has previously lived and worked in an array of diverse settings, including as a field doctor for Médecins sans Frontiers and a consultant and advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and others.
Top Publications
Bagayana, S, Subhi, R, Moore, G, Mugerwa, J, Peake, D, Nakintu, E, Murokora, D, Rassool, R, Sklar, M, Graham, H, et al.
Technology to improve reliable access to oxygen in Western Uganda: study protocol for a phased implementation trial in neonatal and paediatric wards.
BMJ Open
12(6)
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e054642
2022
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Graham, HR, Olojede, OE, Bakare, AAA, McCollum, ED, Iuliano, A, Isah, A, Osebi, A, Seriki, I, Ahmed, T, Ahmar, S, et al.
Pulse oximetry and oxygen services for the care of children with pneumonia attending frontline health facilities in Lagos, Nigeria (INSPIRING-Lagos): study protocol for a mixed-methods evaluation.
BMJ Open
12(5)
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e058901
2022
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Tosif, S, Graham, H, Kiang, K, Laemmleruff, I, Heenan, R, Smith, A, Volkman, T, Connell, T, Paxton, G.
Health of Children Who Experienced Australian Immigration Detention.
2022
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Lam, F, Stegmuller, A, Chou, VB, Graham, HR.
Oxygen systems strengthening as an intervention to prevent childhood deaths due to pneumonia in low-resource settings: systematic review, meta-analysis and cost-effectiveness.
BMJ Global Health
6(12)
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e007468
2021
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Graham, HR, Olojede, OE, Bakare, AA, Iuliano, A, Olatunde, O, Isah, A, Osebi, A, Ahmed, T, Burgess, RA, McCollum, ED, et al.
Measuring oxygen access: lessons from health facility assessments in Lagos, Nigeria.
BMJ Global Health
6(8)
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e006069
2021
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